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Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS(See #1: https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-labor-day-september-1-2025.html) From ARkansas to Massachusetts.Labor Day and May Day.FAYETTEVILLE, ARRalph Nader.  “A Compact for American Workers to Share This Labor Day.”“No economic justice without workers’ justice” by Pramila Jayapal.“Nearly 1,000 ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests Planned Across US for Labor Day” by Stephen Prager. Jon Queally.   “Support for Labor Unions Near Historic High as Trump Trashes Working Class.”UUSJ.  “Workers Over Billionaires.”Brett Wilkins.  “Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day Rallies.” Brad Reed.  “‘Brazenly Anti-Worker’: Labor Day Reports Highlight Trump Attacks on Unions.”“”Labor Day, Chicago, […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-united-states-supreme-court.html What’s at Stake:    “Since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2009, the Court has been at war with any effort to limit the political influence of the rich.”  CONTENTS “The Supreme Court’s Key Role in Polarizing American Politics”  by Garrett Epps. The SC Undermining the EPA’s Ability to Slow Climate Change by Jared Sexton.The new Supreme Court ruling will be devastating for the climate, wildlife and people by John Noel.  Supreme Court Rulings Drastically Weaken the EPA Strengthen State Control of Elections by Paul Waldman. New […]

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-labor-day-september-1-2025.html AI Overview (Google Search) Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday in September in the U.S., is a federal holiday honoring American workers, while May Day, observed on May 1st globally, is International Workers’ Day, an international celebration of workers’ rights and power often marked by demonstrations, though its radical roots are often downplayed in the U.S. Both holidays emerged from the late 19th-century struggle for an eight-hour workday but diverged as American trade unions adopted Labor Day as a patriotic, mainstream event and radical labor groups […]